Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-15
SENATORIAL STRUGGLES.
Candidates for United States Senate
Nominated Congressional Pro.
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CONGRESSIONAL.
Senate.

WASHINGTON, January 13.-Among IL
communications presented and referre
we're the following:
By Jones (Nevada) relative to the clair
OF John Roach.
By Frye, from Committee on Commerce
the proposition as an amendment to tn
Post Office Bill, appropriating $400, 900 t
carry the mail between the United State
and Brazil, and Central and South Amer
lea.
The Senate then resumed tho conferenc
report OF the Interstate Commerce Bill.
The report having been read in full, Hoa
moved that the Senate disagree to the re
report and insist on its former action an,
claimed that his motion to agree to tn
report took precedence OF the motion tt
disagree.
Harris, OF the conferes, desired every Sen
ator to realize the fact that when he voted
on the question of agreeing or disagreeinf
to this report he was voting 10 effect on
the question as to whether there should be
any legislation on the subject during this
Congress.
Hoar characterized Harris statement
as extraordinary and appealed to the
threat. Here was q bill which embodied
four great salutory propositions on which
the Senate, the House of Representatives
and the American people were substan.
TALLY agreed and the Senate was now told
that none of these things should be accom-
plished unless there was engrafted on the
bill what was a departure from the great
doctrine of reasonable unless there
was engrafted a principle against which the
customers, and not railroads interested
in the carrying trade. were protesting on
the ground that the inevitable effect Of it
would be to put up freights and to make
large branches of bus ness now carried on
successfully and proftably impossible in
the future.
George advocated the adoption OF the
report. He said he had no doubt that the
effect OF legislation would be to increase
freight rates temporarily, not because that
was the legitimate result OF it but because
railroad companies could make it the
occasion OF unnecessarily and udjustly
raising rates in order to bring the measure
into disrepute.
The bill, Evarts said, had been properly
designated IAN act to regulate commerce
not to regulate inter State commerce."
He denounced the bill as unconstitutional,
and as utterly inconsistent with the basis
which the constitution lodged in the Fed
ersl Government. The constitution was
framed to form more perfect union; to
establish justice, and to insure domestic
tranquilit, but one fault the bill would be
in it's tendencies to make the union less
perfect; to disestablish justice, and to in
sure domestic discord. Outside OF the
fourth and fifth sections the bill was in the
direction OF the regulation of commerce,
and properly belonged to the sphere OF law
making but these sections were a depart |
urc from law making. 1t was an attempt |
by the laws of commerce; stran- 1
gulation of commerce for the purpose of |
exercising the construction OF railroads |
would be the sheerest folly in the world. 1t |
was to the interest of railroads that CON-
Inerce should be developed, not restrained;
that it's volume would be increased and its |
freedom unhampered.
Coming down to the question OF pooling,
he asked whether the Senate was ready to |
say that an equalization and uniformity |
uf rates should not be allowed. They all
and stability, and that these questions |
were most important in the interest of
shippers. This very question was now at |
he bottom of the political agitation in
Great Britain and Ireland. The commerce
Of the United States, unrestrained and
without impediments, had brought the
landed arstocracy OF Ireland to the neces-
sity OF yielding to the necessities OF the po-
sition. Why then should Congress desire
TO lay impediments in the way OF trans
ers between States? Whatever there might
be in the future, whatever could be read in
The past, The greatest and most reliable
principles OF progress and prosperity con-
sisted in observing law and maintaining
peace and accord at home
At the conclusion of Evarts' speech the
Anti Polygamy bilE-Senate bill with House
substitute having been received from the
House. the amendment was not concurred
n and a conference asked. Messrs. Ed
nunds. Ingalls, and Pugh appointed con-
erence committee. Cameron introduced
, bill for the appointment of commits
,ioners to represent the Federal govern
nent at the centennial celebration of the
orming and promulgation OF the Constitu-
lion, to be held at Philadelphia. Referred.
After an executive session the Senate ad-
ourne3.